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Adventure holidays and trips for 2014: Latin America and the Caribbeanhttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/new-adventure-holidays-south-america-antarctica-caribbean
Trek on a Caribbean island, chase lightning or swim with whales … There's no shortage of adventure in this part of the world<br /><br />More adventure in <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/adventure-holidays-and-trips-2014-uk">the UK</a> | <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/adventure-holidays-trips-2014-europe">Europe</a> | <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/adventure-holidays-trips-2014-us-canada">North America</a> | <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/adventure-holidays-trips-2014-asia">Asia</a> | <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/adventure-holidays-and-trips-2014-australia-new-zealand">Australia &amp; NZ</a> | <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/adventure-holidays-and-trips-2014-africa">Africa</a><p>Between April and November, on any given night at Lake Maracaibo – a large brackish bay connected to the Gulf of Venezuela – lightning bolts, appearing 200 to a minute, draw great cracks across the sky illuminating the night. The lightning here is so intense and frequent that it has just <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/131126/catatumbo-lightning-smashes-guinness-record" title="">won a place in The Guinness Book of World Records</a>. You can travel here from M&eacute;rida, itself something of an adventure destination where thrillseekers will be able to experience the world's highest cable car when it opens later this year.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/new-adventure-holidays-south-america-antarctica-caribbean">Continue reading...</a>Adventure travelSouth AmericaCaribbeanNorth and Central AmericaTravelling soloGroup tripsTravelAntarcticaFri, 17 Jan 2014 21:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/new-adventure-holidays-south-america-antarctica-caribbeanAmar GroverPhotograph: Amar GroverAlamyPhotograph: AlamyAlamyPuerto Natales is the gateway to Torres del Paine national park. Photograph: AlamyKevin RushbyPhotograph: Kevin RushbyPRPRAlasdair Baverstock/Alasdair BaverstockLightning strikes Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Photograph: Alasdair BaverstockAlasdair Baverstock/Alasdair BaverstockLightning strikes Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Photograph: Alasdair BaverstockAlasdair Baverstock and Guardian writers2014-01-17T21:00:00ZActivity holidays in Antigua: get off your sunlonger …http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/sep/27/antigua-watersports-activity-holiday
There's more to the Caribbean than lying on a beach. Rachel Dixon checks out Antigua's more active side, including land and watersports<p>I trained the gun on the clearing and braced myself, muscles tensed, nerves jangling, finger on the trigger. Suddenly a mongoose burst out of the bushes and made a break for it. I fired – bang! – and it exploded into a dozen pieces. Success.</p><p>Of course, it wasn't a real mongoose. It was a clay disc, designed to race across the ground just like the mongooses that dash across Antigua's perilous roads (and often meet an equally sticky end). I was trying my hand at clay-pigeon shooting at the <a href="http://www.reservoirrange.net/" title="">Reservoir Range</a> activity centre in the south-east of the island; the centre is one of the very few places in the Caribbean to offer the sport.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/sep/27/antigua-watersports-activity-holiday">Continue reading...</a>Antigua and BarbudaTravelCaribbeanWater sports holidaysCycling holidaysAdventure travelFri, 27 Sep 2013 19:59:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/sep/27/antigua-watersports-activity-holidayPRNonsuch Bay, AntiguaPRStand up paddleboarding is a good workout for the thighsPRRachel Dixon has a go at archery at Reservoir Range, Antigua.PRRachel Dixon has a go at archery at Reservoir Range, Antigua.Rachel Dixon2013-09-27T19:59:00ZLore of the jungle: life with Costa Rica's indigenous peopleshttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/feb/16/costa-rica-family-holiday-caribbean
On Costa Rica's lush Caribbean coast, the best guides are the tribespeople keen to show visitors their extraordinary world. Our writer and his family are happy to be led<p>&quot;Go on,&quot; said Paulo, handing me a fistful of termites, &quot;eat them.&quot;</p><p>It's a funny business, eating creepy-crawlies. Most of us will happily eat prawns (with their long whiskers and crunchy armour) but draw the line at their terrestrial equivalents, insects. Paulo had no such qualms, and nor did the rest of his tribe, the Bribri, an indigenous people living mainly in the south of Costa Rica. With great expertise, he'd hacked his way into a termite mound, and was scooping up the residents.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/feb/16/costa-rica-family-holiday-caribbean">Continue reading...</a>Costa RicaNorth and Central AmericaFamily holidaysAdventure travelCultural tripsTravelCaribbeanSat, 16 Feb 2013 00:20:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/feb/16/costa-rica-family-holiday-caribbeanJohn GimletteLucy, the writer's daughter in the jungle in Costa Rica. All photographs: John GimletteJohn GimletteLucy, the writer's daughter in the jungle in Costa Rica. All photographs by Photograph: John GimletteJohn Gimlette2013-02-16T00:20:00ZLife at sea: a four-year sailing trip round Central Americahttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/feb/08/central-america-family-sailing-trip
Wanting a bit of adventure for herself and her six-year-old daughter, this mum took her sailing around Central America - and stayed away for four years<p>Stuck on a 16m ketch in the middle of the Panama Canal with my six-year-old daughter and a group of irritable strangers who drank too much, I began to think I'd made a big mistake.</p><p>Friends had said I was mad when I told them I was planning to take Emily out of school, pack up our home in Brighton and sail around Central America for 12 months. But I knew I could handle it. I'd been sailing for years and travelling for most of my life. I lived in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery until I was three. My family spent months travelling around America in a Winnebago. Although Emily was young, I wanted to give her the amazing experiences I'd had.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/feb/08/central-america-family-sailing-trip">Continue reading...</a>Sailing holidaysFamily holidaysCaribbeanColombiaTrinidad and TobagoAdventure travelTravelFri, 08 Feb 2013 20:59:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/feb/08/central-america-family-sailing-tripPREmily in the San Blas islands, PanamaPREmily in the San Blas islands, PanamaAnnie Gelpey2013-02-08T20:59:00ZRobinson who?: a desert island survival coursehttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/07/desert-island-survival-course
'Marooned' on a desert island off the Belize coast, the castaways learn how to survive using spearguns, machetes and plastic bags<p>The signal comes from the front. The helicopter is going down: we have to jump. I step out on to the skid, then take another step into air. Seconds later, I'm in the Caribbean sea, swimming for a small patch of sand between thick mangrove trees on a nearby island. Water fills my boots and makes my clothes heavy which, along with the current, means progress is slow. I wade on to the beach, closely followed by my fellow &quot;survivors&quot;.</p><p>This is what we've trained for. For the past five days, we've sailed the blue waters around remote Turneffe Atoll, 40km off the coast of Belize, setting up rudimentary camps on deserted beaches to learn the essentials of island survival. The staged emergency exit from the helicopter marks the start of our Isolation Phase, in which our group will have to put what we've learned into practice, unsupervised. With air-con and cooling cocktails, these islands might be paradise. But without such comforts as beds, food, water or relief from the intense heat, these are inhospitable environments where survival depends on our ability to find or produce food, water, shelter and fire from our unpromising surroundings.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/07/desert-island-survival-course">Continue reading...</a>Adventure travelCampingCaribbeanBelizeTravelFri, 06 May 2011 23:06:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/07/desert-island-survival-courseGraeme GreenLearning to fish off the coast of Belize. Photographs: Graeme GreenGraeme GreenLearning to fish off the coast of Belize. Photograph: Graeme GreenGraeme Green2011-05-06T23:06:00ZBelize, the Caribbean's undiscovered coast - audio slideshowhttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/audioslideshow/2011/feb/24/belize-adventure-sailing-caribbean
<strong>Kevin Rushby</strong> takes a sailing trip through Belize's mangrove islands and reefs, stopping off for a bit of snorkelling along the way <br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/feb/24/1?INTCMP=SRCH">How to do it</a><br /><em>• Read about Kevin's trip in Saturday's Guardian Travel section</em> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/audioslideshow/2011/feb/24/belize-adventure-sailing-caribbean">Continue reading...</a>BelizeSailing holidaysTravelAdventure travelEnvironmentBoating holidaysCaribbeanThu, 24 Feb 2011 14:54:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/audioslideshow/2011/feb/24/belize-adventure-sailing-caribbeanKevin Rushby/GuardianBelize Barrier Reef Photograph: Kevin Rushby for the GuardianKevin Rushby2011-02-24T14:54:00ZDominica's new coast-to-coast walking trailhttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/oct/02/dominica-walking-waitukubuli-national-trail
Our very own explorer is one of the first visitors to tread a walking new trail which runs the length of Dominica, through virgin rainforest, over mountainous ridges and to a boiling volcanic lake<p>Friendly jungle. Isn't that an oxymoron? But as we stand beside the vast buttressed trees, each festooned with entire ecosystems of bromeliads, creepers, orchids and vines, Eric is adamant. &quot;No poisonous snakes, no nasty spiders, no creature more dangerous than a guinea pig.&quot;</p><p>&quot;They do bite.&quot;</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/oct/02/dominica-walking-waitukubuli-national-trail">Continue reading...</a>DominicaWalking holidaysCaribbeanAdventure travelGreen travelTravelFri, 01 Oct 2010 23:05:16 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/oct/02/dominica-walking-waitukubuli-national-trail4Corners/Devaux Danielle/Devaux Danielle/SIME-4Corners ImWho said the Caribbean is just for beach bums ... walking in Dominica. Photograph: 4Corners/Devaux Danielle/Devaux Danielle/SIME-4Corners Images4Corners/Devaux Danielle/Devaux Danielle/SIME-4Corners ImWho said the Caribbean is just for beach bums ... walking in Dominica. Photograph: 4Corners/Devaux Danielle/Devaux Danielle/SIME-4Corners ImKevin Rushby2010-10-01T23:05:16ZThe wild side of Dominicahttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/audioslideshow/2010/oct/01/dominica-caribbean-walking-trail
Kevin Rushby walks a new long-distance trail that leads from Dominica's Caribbean coast deep into its quiet mountains and virgin rainforest <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/audioslideshow/2010/oct/01/dominica-caribbean-walking-trail">Continue reading...</a>DominicaCaribbeanWalking holidaysTravelAdventure travelGreen travelFri, 01 Oct 2010 11:34:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/audioslideshow/2010/oct/01/dominica-caribbean-walking-trailKevin RushbyDominica Photograph: Kevin RushbyKevin Rushby2010-10-01T11:34:00Z50 ultimate travel experiences | wildlifehttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/nov/28/50-ultimate-travel-experiences-wildlife
From nosy gorillas to ravenous vultures, explorers, travel writers and tour operators remember their favourite travel moments<p><strong>David Wickers, travel writer and editor of </strong><a href="http://www.101holidays.co.uk/" title="101holidays.co.uk"><strong>101holidays.co.uk</strong></a><br />Unusually for safari <a href="http://www.tworavenspress.com/" title="Two Ravens Press"> tales, the most </a>vivid memory I have of the Kenya bush didn't involve an animal sighting. I was walking with a local bushman on a 32,500 hectare cattle ranch-cum-game sanctuary in the Rift Valley. We were tracking a leopard, the guide reading its paw prints and identifying droppings as clearly as a city dweller reads road signs. After an hour or so we came upon its lair, a soft hollow of flattened grass. As we watched, a single blade of grass gently began to rise. This, according to the guide, was clear evidence that the leopard had slunk away only moments before we arrived. I laid the back of my hand on the grass, which still had the warmth of a body. The cat was no doubt watching us from a few yards away, a most unnerving fact that brought home the essence of a safari more than any of the umpteen sightings I've experienced.<br /><em>• </em><a href="http://www.africanexplorations.com/africa/destinations/kenya/" title="African Explorations"><em>African Explorations</em></a><em> has an 11-day guided safari through the Great Rift valley, including three nights at a farmhouse in Laikipia, from &pound;2550-&pound;3350pp excluding flights. </em></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/nov/28/50-ultimate-travel-experiences-wildlife">Continue reading...</a>Wildlife holidaysAdventure travelKenyaTravelRwandaCanadaZambiaSpainCaribbeanSouth AfricaScotlandSafarisNorwaySat, 28 Nov 2009 00:05:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/nov/28/50-ultimate-travel-experiences-wildlifeAlamyPaul Goldstein, wildlife photographer and writer: 'A white beast on a white background is not easy to spot ...' Photograph: AlamyAlamyAdult polar bear, Arctic Norway Photograph: AlamyGuardian Staff2009-11-28T00:05:09ZTravel news in briefhttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/sep/06/travel-news-in-brief
<p>To coincide with the series Last Chance to See, which kicks off tonight at 8pm on BBC2, Bales Worldwide (0845 057 0600; <a href="http://www.balesworldwide.com">balesworldwide.com</a>) has launched a range of itineraries allowing travellers to follow in the footsteps of Stephen Fry as he sets out to examine the fate of endangered animals such as the ring-tailed lemur in Madagascar. Itineraries include a 15-day trip to Brazil to spot manatees (from &pound;3,070) and an eleven-day Land of the Lemurs trip to Madagascar (from &pound;3,560).</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/sep/06/travel-news-in-brief">Continue reading...</a>TravelMadagascarBrazilWildlife holidaysAdventure travelWalking holidaysDevonUnited KingdomCaribbeanMauritiusAfricaFlightsSpainSkiingHotelsSat, 05 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/sep/06/travel-news-in-briefGuardian Staff2009-09-05T23:01:00ZThe dream gap-year jobshttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/aug/16/gap-year-jobs-working-abroad
Teach white-water rafting in New Zealand, serve canapes on a yacht in the Caribbean or be a Bollywood extra - Nicola Iseard has the lowdown on where to look for gap-year employment that could be a life-changing experience<p>Pour martinis and serve canapes while sailing around the Caribbean on a 100ft luxury yacht.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/aug/16/gap-year-jobs-working-abroad">Continue reading...</a>Gap year travelWorking holidaysTravelCaribbeanIndiaThailandFranceSkiingAdventure travelSouth AfricaWildlife holidaysGreeceWater sports holidaysCultural tripsUnited KingdomNew ZealandExtreme sports holidaysAustraliaSailing holidaysSat, 15 Aug 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/aug/16/gap-year-jobs-working-abroadSajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty ImagesForeigners are always in demand to be extras in Bollywood movies. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty ImagesSajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty ImagesIndian bollywood actor Govinda films a scene. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty ImagesNicola Iseard2009-08-15T23:01:00Z